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A major milestone for innovation in airway management and procedural sedation.

Arete Medical Devices is proud to announce that CapnoFlow™ Oral Airway has been awarded Premier, Inc.’s Breakthrough Technology Designation, recognizing its potential to improve patient care, clinical efficiency, and respiratory monitoring during procedural sedation and anesthesia. Premier reserves this designation for technologies that demonstrate a significant advantage in patient safety, clinical outcomes, and operational performance. Please look at our most recent press release. 

Advancing Airway Management Through Innovation

CapnoFlow™ was developed to address a longstanding challenge in procedural sedation: maintaining airway patency while simultaneously delivering oxygen, monitoring end-tidal CO₂ (EtCO₂), and providing access for suctioning.

Unlike traditional oral airways that often require multiple adjunct devices, CapnoFlow™ integrates these critical functions into a single solution. The device features:

• Continuous EtCO₂ monitoring capability
• Integrated oxygen delivery
• Central suction-access channel
• Airway support to help maintain patency
• Adjustable sizing that accommodates 8 cm, 9 cm, and 10 cm adult airway lengths

This all-in-one design simplifies workflow for anesthesia providers while supporting patient monitoring and respiratory safety throughout procedures.

Why the Recognition Matters

Premier’s Breakthrough Technology Program highlights innovations that can meaningfully improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. Technologies receiving this designation undergo a rigorous evaluation process focused on their ability to provide measurable clinical and operational benefits. Premier defines Breakthrough Technologies as innovations that offer a major advantage in patient safety, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiencies.

For healthcare providers, this recognition validates what clinicians testing and utilizing CapnoFlow™ have already experienced: a streamlined airway solution designed to support effective oxygenation, more reliable capnography monitoring, and improved procedural workflows.

Supporting Safer Sedation

As procedural sedation continues to expand across ambulatory surgery centers, hospital departments, and office-based settings, continuous respiratory monitoring has become increasingly important. Capnography provides real-time assessment of ventilation and can help clinicians identify respiratory compromise before oxygen desaturation occurs.

CapnoFlow™ was designed with these evolving clinical needs in mind, bringing airway support, oxygen delivery, respiratory monitoring, and suction access together in a single disposable device.

Looking Ahead

This designation represents more than an award. It marks another step forward in Arete Medical Devices’ mission to develop practical innovations that improve patient care while simplifying the work of anesthesia professionals.

As adoption continues to grow, Arete remains committed to advancing airway management technologies that address real-world clinical challenges and deliver meaningful value to providers and patients alike.

The future of airway management is simpler, smarter, and safer with CapnoFlow™.